See DSS, EIS and OLAP.
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- Blog posts 2008-09-07
- Iceberg: cuts code, evolves your enterprise
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- Blog posts 2008-09-07
- Review: Aerovation Checkpoint Friendly Laptop bag simplifies security process
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- Blog posts 2008-09-07
- 2011, A News Odyssey: Digg-ing Meets Up With Digging
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- Discussion threads 2008-09-06
- Measuring the acceleration of the universe
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- Blog posts 2008-09-06
- Image Gallery: Aerovation Checkpoint Friendly Laptop Bag speeds you through the X-ray system
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- Image galleries 2008-09-06
- Google demos speed benchmarks for Chrome
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- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Dell Inspiron Mini 9
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- Product reviews 2008-09-05
- The Linux laptop goes to school
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- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- From meme to paperback: Barack Obama is your new bicycle
- Besides Chuck Norris, and the Rickroll, Internet memes rarely go mainstream. But San Francisco native Matthew Honan managed to accomplish that feat — he built a simple website that randomly display acts of kindness from presidential candidate Barack Obama. Honan...
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Numark iDJ2 Mixing Console for iPod
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- Product reviews 2008-09-05
- Yes, we know it's a problem. No, we have no budget.
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- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Is Firefox faster than Chrome?
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- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- What went wrong with Joost's desktop client?
- What went wrong with Joost's desktop client?That explains it....The client was invisible to the user as a cost-saver, rather the cost savings were apparent to the video distributor. So, how does the client app make itself valuable? Joost had several interesting features besides this P2P media capability, but it also...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Mainstream media writes Windows obit
- Mainstream media writes Windows obitMS should have never...killed off XP. Especially when such a huge segment of the market is tired of being forced fed what they do not want.This article makes a good point about users beginning to realize that as long as they can hit the web rather...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Mainstream media writes Windows obit
- Wow, a tough day for Windows. BusinessWeek reports that HP, the world's biggest PC company, is so troubled by Vista's 'tepid reception' and Apple's resurgence that it is developing its own operating system. Meanwhile a New York Times columnist writes on his blog that Windows is "already...
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- The Importance of Dissent
- The Importance of Dissentwould be nice...It would be nice if we could "shout from the rooftops" without fear of reprisal. In reality, with most companies, the options are "jump ship" or "keep your mouth shut and do as you're told".It's hard to disagree publicly with your companyI agree with you...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Service integrators = Ed Tech bargain hunters?
- I'm not entirely enamored of my ISP right now. Their backbone is dated, downtime too frequent, the email interface they provide is kludgy at best, application support for their web hosting is more limited than what you can get from $1.99 a month hosts, and, well, I'm just not...
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Echelon wins smart meter project in Germany; plus insight on smart grid in Europe
- A reseller for smart grid technology player Echelon announced a deal this week to deploy an advanced metering infrastructure system that will serve roughly 10,000 customers in Hassfurt, Germany. The contract, which will be rolled out over the next three years, is being handled by EVB Energie AG. The utility...
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile up
- [ UPDATE: See below for Google's official response to these issues ] Security vulnerabilities in the new Google Chrome browser are beginning to pile up. Following our coverage of the carpet bombing combo threat and denial-of-service crashes, several readers have sent pointers to...
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
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